You cannot buy a bad automobile any more from any producer. We have to do more products not because we're looking at a particular segment, but because it's a great vehicle.

Being able to ‘think out of the box’ presupposes you were able to think in it.

Forcing automakers to sell smaller cars to improve fuel economy [is like]... fighting the nation's obesity problem by forcing clothing manufacturers to sell garments in only small sizes.

The electrification of the automobile is inevitable.

In the past, (GM) produced a lot of very excellent vehicles but somehow they didn't excite anybody.

Design can be both a manifestation of a company's design ethic and an outward communication of a company's design ethic and drive for excellence.

Public Schools too often fail because they are shielded from the very force that improves performance and sparks innovation in nearly every other human enterprise - competition.

Tesla burns cash. It's not a car company, it's a cult of fanatics who think Elon Musk can do no wrong. But financially, it doesn't work.

CAFE is like trying to cure obesity by requiring clothing manufacturers to make smaller sizes.

The Marine Corps taught me commitment, courage, focus, and a value system that can easily suffice for people like me who aren't religious.

One colossal advantage of being in extra innings is that you can tell it like it is, say what you think, and largely eschew political caution.

She made broken look beautiful and strong look invincible.

The fingers must be educated the thumb is born knowing.

Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth. None of them along the line know what any of it is worth.

Atheist n. A person to be pitied in that he is unable to believe things for which there is no evidence, and who has thus deprived himself of a convenient means of feeling superior to others.

Acceptance is usually more a matter of fatigue than anything else.

The human child – so much cannier at times than the stupefyingly ponderous adult.

I don't really know why I'm not thinner than I am.

Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I'm always meeting people on the road that are really young, and are guitar players.... male and female.

Don't let you mind wander - it's far too small to be let out on its own.

I think my strength in teaching and what I get a lot of good feedback on is going towards the students and asking them what they are about. It's about putting your own personality into the work.